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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Springfield, MO

May 9, 2000Christian County, Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 6:44 AM CDT for Christian County, Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, MO, Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KSGF 091145
SVRSGF
MOC043-209-091215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
644 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLEVER TO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GALENA TO KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL...
  AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   NIXA BY 650 AM CDT.
   OZARK BY 655 AM CDT.
   SPARTA BY 705 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HURLEY AND
FREMONT HILLS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN] A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

JLT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFSt. Clair29 min
May 8, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton56 min
May 8, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Morgan64 min
May 8, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper39 min
May 8, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence61 min
May 8, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar26 min
May 8, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDallas, Hickory, Polk43 min
May 9, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Laclede39 min
May 9, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton4 hr
May 9, 7:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.